Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2021 June 28
   [2]The picture shows an artistic photograph of a partial solar eclipse.
          Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

                         A Paper Moon Solar Eclipse
         Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Wang Letian ([4]Eyes at Night)

   Explanation: It may look like a [5]paper Moon. Sailing past a [6]canvas
   Sun. But those are not cardboard clouds. And [7]it's not make believe.
   The featured picture of an [8]orange colored sky is real -- a digital
   composite of two exposures of the [9]solar eclipse that occurred
   earlier this month. The [10]first exposure was taken with a regular
   telescope that captured an overexposed Sun and an underexposed Moon,
   while the second image was taken with a [11]solar telescope that
   captured details of the [12]chromosphere of the background Sun. The
   Sun's [13]canvas-like texture was brought up by imaging in a very
   [14]specific shade of red emitted by [15]hydrogen. Several
   [16]prominences can be seen around the Sun's edge. The image was
   captured just before sunset from [17]Xilingol, [18]Inner Mongolia,
   [19]China. It's also not make-believe to imagine that [20]the Moon is
   made of dense rock, [21]the Sun is made of hot gas, and [22]clouds are
   made of [23]floating droplets of water and ice.

                     Tomorrow's picture: hubble's orion
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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2106/PaperMoonSolarEclipse_Letian_3000.jpg
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   4. http://www.luckwlt.com/
   5. https://youtu.be/Qc5RMYvXOhA?t=50
   6. https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/1585242/It's+Only+a+Paper+Moon
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_Only_a_Paper_Moon
   8. https://youtu.be/6nttfATvyZM
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210611.html
  10. http://www.luckwlt.com/Solar Eclipse_202101.html
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  12. https://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/chromos.shtml
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  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-alpha
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  17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMI0TXa9vzc
  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Mongolia
  19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
  20. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/
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  30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
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  32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  33. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=210628
  34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210629.html
  35. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
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  37. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
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  41. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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